The speaker claims Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed a Russian oil terminal and took 40 percent of Russia's oil exports offline.
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OIL Exports
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...And this means now that 40%, 40 % guys, of Russia's oil exports have gone offline, right? So what's happening is that not only..."
Key Notes
Jiang says closure of the Strait of Hormuz collapses Gulf oil exports and also disrupts food imports, making food scarcity an immediate threat to the GCC.
Jiang says seizing Kharg Island might sound attractive because it would cripple Iranian oil exports, but the position would sit within Iranian artillery range and therefore be militarily suicidal.
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"...And this means now that 40%, 40 % guys, of Russia's oil exports have gone offline, right? So what's happening is that not only..."
"But this image of Dubai as a financial hub is now shattered by this war. And they'll never recover from this. In fact, we're..."
"...the economy of iran iran is very much dependent on its oil exports the but the problem if you do that is that you're..."
"the short -term adrenaline boost of like yeah we knocked out their economic capacity in the long term it would be suicidal for the..."
"...is financed in the war so far. The first is using oil exports, right? 90 % of Iran's oil goes to China. And this..."
"...Southern Spear, a strict enforcement of the U.S. embargo on Venezuelan oil exports. Both vessels were targeted for violating U.S. sanctions by transporting illicit..."
"...karg island elsewhere okay primarily to China ninety percent of Iran's oil exports goes to China okay okay so what americans have done is..."
"...asia okay gordon chang you know roughly 90 of iran's crude oil exports go to china um that oil revenue supplies around a quarter..."
"...Russian oil depot, which basically took about 40 % of Russian oil exports offline. So you can make the argument that even though Trump..."
"...against Putin. The Ukrainians have blown up 40 % of Russia's oil exports just most recently. So there's a lot of bad blood between..."
"...is the oil depot of the Iranians. 90 % of Iranians' oil exports depart from Karg Island. Then you have Qasim Island, which is..."
"...of resources, oil resources. But the Americans put sanctions on these oil exports. This war has basically lifted all sanctions. Okay? So the Iranian..."
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